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Joseph M. Schenck

ジョセフ・M・シェンク　/　じょせふ・M・しぇんく

Film producer from Russia

December 25, 1878 – October 22, 1961　・　Rybinsk, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia

Yaroslavl Oblast
film producer

My Take

Joseph M. Schenck is one of those behind-the-scenes giants I think deserves far more recognition than he gets. A Russian-born immigrant who helped co-found 20th Century Fox and was among the five founders of the Academy Awards, he literally shaped the architecture of Hollywood. What strikes me is how much of the movie business we take for granted today traces back to executives like him. The Honorary Oscar in 1953 and his Walk of Fame star feel almost like footnotes to that legacy. I find it remarkable that someone who started so far from California ended up building the institutions that still define the industry.

Overview

Joseph Michael Schenck (Russian: Иосиф Михайлович Шейнкер) (; December 25, 1876 – October 22, 1961) was a Russian-born American film studio executive. He was best known as one of the co-founders of film studio 20th Century Fox (now 20th Century Studios) and one of the five founders of the Academy Awards ("The Oscars").

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1. Profile

Name (English): Joseph M. Schenck
Name (Japanese): ジョセフ・M・シェンク
Reading: じょせふ・M・しぇんく
Born: December 25, 1878 – October 22, 1961
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Capricorn / Tiger
Origin: Rybinsk, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: film producer

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

Awards & achievements

star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
1953 Academy Honorary Award

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%82%BB%E3%83%95%E3%83%BBM%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%82%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AF

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